HMS Eolo

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Eolo, 1851
Type: a former Portuguese Brig ; Armament not known
Condmneded : 23 May 1851 as a slave vessel at Cape Town by the Mixed Court ; Disposal date or year : ?
Notes:

22 Mar 1851 detained by HMS Orestes.

20 Aug 1851 is reported by the Mixed Commission at Cape Town, to have been fitted out as a tender to HMS Castor and sent on a cruize in the Mozambique Channel, presumably using officers and men from the ship's company of the Castor. These cruises usually last some 9 months.